I am surprised that the infamous emails about the Jark affair have been made public so quickly. It is interesting how many people have taken the time to carefully document all the hipocracy that has befallen DeviantART recently.

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Well at least we know the background, and with all the facts in front of us it is pretty clear what is going on.

Ironically I renewed my DA subscription only a few days before the shit hit the fan. I am not sure that the users striking will change things...only not renewing subscriptions will hit them financially. However, then there is the chance that the site will be shut down...and no one wants that.

The only real course of action would be internally, among the DA staff stading up to Angelo...and forcing a resignation, as well as the persistant demand for the truth from the community, not necessarily a revolt. A revolt would only work if a significant percentage, like 80 or 90 actually did disable their deviations....but we can't gain that much support because the changes among the admins have not affected the service or quality of the site.

Firing all their talented people, though, will eventually degrade the site as it will be unable to keep up with the art community, particuarly if jark and his comrades start their own art submission site.